Pol Pot (19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998), born Saloth Sar Pol
Pot (Khmer), was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who
led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1963 to 1981,
he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of
Kampuchea. From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the prime minister of Democratic
Kampuchea. Pol Pot became leader of Cambodia on April 17, 1975, and his
rule has been described as being a dictatorship. During his time in power he imposed agrarian
socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in
collective farms and forced labor projects. The combined effects of forced
labor, malnutrition, poor medical care, and executions resulted in the deaths
of approximately 21 percent of the Cambodian population. In all, an estimated 1 to 3 million people
(out of a population of slightly over 8 million) died as a result of the
policies of his three-year premiership.

In 1979, after the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Pol Pot fled to the
jungles of southwest Cambodia, and the Khmer Rouge government collapsed. From 1979 to 1997, he and a remnant of the old
Khmer Rouge operated near the border of Cambodia and Thailand, where they
clung to power, with nominal United Nations recognition as the rightful
government of Cambodia. Pol Pot died in 1998 while under house arrest by the Ta
Mok faction of the Khmer Rouge. Since his death, rumors that he was
poisoned have persisted.

Killing fields, one of the places that i really wanted to go. We spent a few hours there. And i even cried along the way. Besar betul pengorbanan derang. Sampai skrang tak boleh ingat dialogue dalam audio tour tue "Here, you will experience what Cambodia people do to their own people". At that point of time, terus rasa bertuah duduk kat bumi Malaysia. To all those fanatic sangat dgn politic, kalau kita terus-terusan mcm nie, mungkin kita akan jadik mcm derang jugak. It's really an opening moment for both of us.